Resolution 1327RESOLUTION NO. 1327
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, EXPRESSING INTENT TO CONFIRM THE MAYOR'S
APPOINTMENT OF LINDA COBURN AS THE CITY' S MUNICIPAL
COURT JUDGE, WHICH POSITION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME VACANT
ON JANUARY 12, 2015, WHEN JUDGE FAIR' S RESIGNATION BECOMES
EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, the City operates a municipal court under chapter 3.50 RCW; and
WHEREAS, the duly elected judge of that court, the Honorable Douglas J. Fair, has announced
that he intends to resign his position effective January 12, 2015; and
WHEREAS, that resignation will create a vacancy that is filled through city council confirmation
of a mayoral appointment; and
WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to have the position of judge vacant for as short a period
as possible; and
WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to have an orderly transition from one judge to the next;
and
WHEREAS, an orderly transition would be facilitated if the city were able to have the future
appointee observe the court's operations while Judge Fair is still in office; and
WHEREAS, an orderly transition would be facilitated by giving the future appointee a
reasonable basis to begin winding up his/her other business affairs now to ensure that he/she has
the capacity to assume the responsibilities of the office immediately upon his/her appointment as
judge; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Earling has interviewed 3 candidates for the expected vacancy and, after
careful consideration, has decided that he will be appointing Linda Coburn to fill the vacancy,
now therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, HEREBY
RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The city council intends to confirm the mayor's appointment of Linda Coburn to
fill the vacancy that will be created upon the effective date of Judge Fair's resignation from
office.
Section 2. The city council intends to actually confirm the mayor's appointment of Linda
Coburn on the consent calendar for the meeting of January 12, 2015, and have the new judge
sworn into office at that meeting.
RESOLVED this 16TH day of December, 2014.
CITY OF EDMONDS
ATTEST:
CI CLERIC, ASSEY
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK:
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL:
RESOLUTION NO.
4851-5533-3898, v. 1
YOR, DAVE EARLING
December 12, 2014
December 16, 2014
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